Too many IITs, unrealistic expectations
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February 20, 2021 11:57 IST
It is time to rethink the changing role and the mandate of the IITs in order to ensure that quality and focus continue
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It is time to rethink the changing role and the mandate of the IITs in order to ensure that quality and focus continue
Without question, the Indian Institutes of Technology, or the IITs, are the crown jewels of Indian higher education. They are world-renowned for the quality of their graduates and for their academic programmes in a range of fields in technology and engineering and in the past decade, in research and innovation through research parks as well. They are among the few Indian higher education institutions that do reasonably well in the global rankings. However, for the past decade or so, and according to current plans, the IIT “system” has expanded beyond its capacity to maintain its high standards and is in danger of sinking into medio